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Summary:

Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a shop assistant, falls in love with Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a gas station mechanic. But a life with him will not be in her future. A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.

Contributors:

Demy, Jacques , screenwriter, film director

Bodard, Mag, 1916-2019 , presenter, film producer

Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019 , composer

Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- , actor

Castelnuovo, Nino, 1936-2021 , actor

Vernon, Anne, 1925- , actor

Michel, Marc, 1929-2016 , actor

Perrey, Mireille , actor

Champion, Jean, 1914-2001 , actor

Dorat, Jean-Pierre , actor

Benoist, Michel , actor

Blank, Dorothée , actor

Wolff, Harald, 1909-1977 , actor

Licari, Danielle, 1942- , singer

Bartel, José , singer

Legrand, Christiane , singer

Blaness, Georges , singer

Meunier, Claudine , singer

Leclerc, Claire , singer

Rabier, Jean, 1927-2016 , director of photography

Evein, Bernard, 1929-2006 , production designer

Cotret, Anne-Marie , film editor

Teisseire, M. (Monique) , film editor

Moreau, Jacqueline, 1929- , costume designer

Genin, Marie , filmmaker

July, Serge , filmmaker

Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019 , interviewee

Hill, Rodney, 1965- , interviewee

Janus Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Ciné Tamaris (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Parc Film (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Madeleine Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Beta Film GmbH , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

French
English

Language Notes:

French dialogue; optional English subtitles.

Main Work:

Parapluies de Cherbourg (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 713

Criterion collection; [volume] 716

Essential Jacques Demy

Alternate Titles:

English title on container: Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Subjects:

Man-woman relationships — France — Drama

First loves — Drama

France — Social life and customs — Drama

Cherbourg (France) — Drama

Man-woman relationships

First loves

Manners and customs

DVD-Video discs

France — Cherbourg

France

Genres:

Motion pictures

New wave films

Musical films

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Fantasy films

Feature films

Fiction films

DVD-Video discs

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Motion pictures — France

French language films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray: region A; widescreen presentation; 1.85:1 aspect ratio; 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player; requires Blu-ray player.

Performers:

Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Mireille Perrey, J. Champion, P. Caden, J.P. Dorat, B. Fradet, M. Benoist, P. Dumat, D. Blank, J. Carat, Harald Wolff ; sung by Danielle Licari, José Bartel, Christiane Legrand, Georges Blaness, C. Meunier, C. Leclerc.

Production Credits:

Cinematography by Jean Rabier ; production designer, Bernard Evein ; edited by A.M. Cotret, M. Teisseire ; costumes, J. Moreau ; music written and directed by Michel Legrand.

General Notes:

Released as part of the Essential Jacques Demy collection.
Originally released as motion picture in 1964.
Special features: Once upon a time... "The umbrellas of Cherbourg" (2008 documentary directed by Marie Genin and Serge July, features interviews with director Jacques Demy, actors Catherine Deneuve and Marc Michel, composer Michel Legrand, and filmmaker Agnès Varda); Rodney Hill (2014 interview, film scholar Rodney Hill talks about the film and how it embodies characteristics of both the French New Wave and the "tradition of quality" style of French filmmaking); Cinépanorama (director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand are interviewed about the film in this 1964 episode of the French television program Cinépanorama); Michel Legrand at the National Film Theatre (audio excerpt from 1991, Legrand talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about composing music for the films of Jacques Demy); Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre (audio excerpt from 1983, Deneuve talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about working with Jacques Demy); Restoration demonstration; Trailer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : Blu-ray, DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; DTS-HD 5.1

Video Characteristics:

laser optical; NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

PAR 1964 BLU

ISBNs:

9781604658620
1604658622
9781604658590 (set)
1604658592 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515119016 (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2376BDDVD (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2376BDDVD-5 (Umbrellas of Cherbourg Blu-ray)

OCLC Numbers:

1053522685
884464150 [Invalid]